Month: September 2012

A friends little boy celebrated his first birthday today. Since getting my sewing mojo back and having the kids away for three days at Grandpa and Baba’s I had the perfect opportunity to sew something for him. Luka the Birthday Boy. Happy Birthday! I had the fabric in my stash which was purchased at darn cheap […]

This is the “girls” version of the tee pee I made previously for my boys.   I donated this one to the kindergarten and as you can see they love it.   The kids made a card for me to thank me for it which is really special Ava enjoying the tea party

I have purchased a few vogue patterns lately as Lincraft and Spotlight have had 50% off all Vogue patterns. Woo hoo. I do love Vogue patterns and I have started the blouse pictured, V1127. I really love the huge scarf attached to the neck line. Hopefully, it shouldn’t be too difficult. Here is my version. […]

I made this blouse after seeing it on the Burdastyle website. The model in the blouse looks great in it. I knew that it was not possible to look as good as her, but I’ll give it a go. Ha Ha! Blouses seem to be in at the moment. I bought this gorgeous silk satin […]

I decided to design and make a dress for the Tessuti awards 2012. I chose the fabric first which was easy but then I spent weeks trying to figure out what the hell I was going to do with it. I would drape it on my dress form, walk away , come back, drape again. […]